Voters rejected a 10 Million Dollar bond vote to build a new Elementary School. It would have replaced current elementary buildings in riverside and ainsworth. The superintenden t says while the plan would have cut staff, it would have saved the district up to 250 thousand dollars a year. Kcrgtv9s mark carlson is live in our iowa city newsroom. Mark, there have to be a lot of concerns in the highland district about these cuts. Yes, as you noted they have to cut halfofa Million Dollars before the start of next school year. And that could mean a reduction in teachers, administrators even closing a school. My biggest fear is that the district is going to go under, its going to completely close, that is my biggest fear. Abby sojka has two kids in the Highland School district. For now. Next year shes pulling them and open enrolling in a Neighboring School District in part because of the Financial Outlook at highland. I think there is a lot of money being spent where it doesnt such as the At
Else. Hello again everybody. Several people need a place to stay after their home goes up in flames. Danielle investigators may have a cause for the fire. Vanessa medina live outside the home in Fort Lauderdale with more. Vanessa. Reporter thats right. The state fire march sil shall is still investigating but as you can see there are still some people who are displaced. They rk looking for a new though. Was a group home so many of these men are in transition and now they dont have anywhere to go. Ife can go video just after 7 30 this morning. Fort lauderdale fire rescue was called out to this house fire. You can see from their 1reud yo they encountered heavy smoke and once inside heavy flames covered one room in the back of the home and was spreading fast. Like i said, this is a group home so, there were 12 men inside. Six bedrooms insidee that home. Firefighters went in looking for people possibly trapped inside ch they wept room to room fighting the fire from inside and outside. Fire
Social-emotional learning has taken root in classrooms across the country as schools commit to teaching not only standard reading, writing and arithmetic, but also emotional well-being.
city, what happened? no some cases or many cases people left the urban core and went to the suburbs. in 1995 the united states supreme court reversed or a desegregation case which led to the loss of approximately 8,000 students. and then in 1995 the missouri state legislature allowed for charter schools. right. and then in addition to that, in 2007 some of our schools were annexed by a neighboring school district. the independent school district, where we lost additional students. what does this mean, the decision you made, which a lot of people are upset about. what does it really mean for the children and their education? how are they going to be affected? well, first of all, the whole notion about the whole notion behind right sizing the school district is, in fact, about children. right now we re spreading our resources far too thin and when